Expression of bovine interferon-tau variants according to sex and age of conceptuses

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-53

  Walker, Angela M ^a   Kimura, Koji ^b   Roberts, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; IFN tau; Interferon tau; Maternal recognition of pregnancy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL LINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTERFERON TYPE I; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TROPHOBLASTS;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 67349094523     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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